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Virginia
SNAP Accomplishments
Contact Name: Judy Midkiff
Phone:
804-527-4252
E-mail: jmidkiff@vt.edu
Goal:
Establish and support partnerships and collaborative interventions
between the USDA nutrition assistance programs and other related groups in
prevention efforts targeted at overweight and obesity.
Objective:
Identify public and private
stakeholders.
Accomplishment:
- The current workgroup, Alliance
for Healthier Virginians, formed in
Fall 2006, and merged three previous
workgroups, all of which had similar
missions/goals. The three groups
which merged include SNAP, Virginia
Nutrition Assistance Network (VNAN),
and the Leadership Council. The
group continues to seek potential
partners which could enhance and
strengthen work toward the group's
goals.
FNS Programs
Involved:
Month/Year
Completed: Ongoing
Objective:
Work collaboratively to develop and
implement a plan which addresses the
focus areas of the group.
Accomplishment:
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The
purpose of the workgroup was defined
as, "The Alliance for Healthier
Virginians is a partnering of
organizations collaborating to
advance nutrition and wellness for
Virginians."
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Focus
areas of the workgroup include:
working with the Governor's office,
nutrition education across the
lifespan, and advocating for
funding.
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To
develop the collaborative plan,
group members have begun working in
small groups, each having their own
focus area of which to concentrate.
Each small group is working toward
developing long-term goals with
short term objectives for their
particular focus area.
FNS Programs
Involved:
Month/Year
Completed: Ongoing
Accomplishment:
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A
collaborative resource fair was held
on April 19, 2007 during the
statewide Hunger Summit to promote
and market obesity prevention
programs throughout the state.
Fifteen vendors participated in the
fair with 150 participants viewing
the exhibits. 63% of participants
surveyed rated the resource room as
excellent or above average.
FNS Programs
Involved:
Month/Year
Completed: April 19, 2007
Objective:
Promote adoption of statewide key
messages and a key logo for Virginia to
be used by all agencies, especially FNS
funded agencies, dealing with promoting
healthy eating and physical activity
which would minimize the incidence of
overweight and obesity.
Accomplishment:
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A
tag line "Virginia Families:
Eating Smart and Moving More"
has been developed and continues to
be used to promote the group's
goals. The group is currently
working on development of a logo to
go along with the tag line.
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SNAP
participated in the development of a
web
based resource directory in
collaboration with the Virginia
Department of Health. The directory
allows program providers to be able
to search the directory by location
and program type.
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An
evaluation committee has been
developed to determine the
effectiveness of the group's efforts
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The
group is working on developing a
website to provide contact
information, provide nutrition and
physical activity information,
FAQ's, links to sites for more
information on nutrition and
physical activity.
FNS Programs
Involved:
Month/Year
Completed: Ongoing
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Last Updated: 12/04/2008
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